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☆ Cannons and machine guns are being tested as drone-killers in 2 wars
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-03 | by ( Paul Iddon | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewUkraine and Israel are exploring cost-effective ways of countering drones as they both face repeated attacks from their determined adversaries. Israel has one of the world's most advanced air defense networks but is still having trouble countering these drones. Zinchenko/Getty ImagesUkraine needs a cost-effective solution to defeat the thousands of Russian one-way drone attacks that have forced Kyiv to expend large quantities of its expensive air defense missiles to shoot down. Related storiesCEPA's Borsari believes the M61 cannon could be an "interesting solution" for countering certain drones. "In principle, its use in both fixed and mobile applications is not new and is conceptually similar to many other anti-aircraft guns that have been used for counter-drone purposes in Ukraine," Borsari said.

Persons: —, Israel, Federico Borsari, Borsari, Samuel Bendett, Bendett, it's, UGVs Organizations: Service, Business, Russia's, Center for, Center for Naval, American Locations: Ukraine, Israel, Lebanon, Iran, Russia's Iran, Kyiv Oblast, Russian, Gaza

☆ China making 'concerted effort' to dominate critical US ports equipment, Biden official says
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-29 | by ( Lori Ann Larocco | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

SUZHOU, CHINA - FEBRUARY 27: A gantry crane hoists vehicles for export at Taicang Port's International Container Terminal on February 27, 2024 in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province of China. Gene Seroka, executive director of the Port of Los Angeles, told CNBC that Biden's executive order is a wake-up call for the port and supply chain industry. "The bottom line is that today's high-tech cranes can collect data and that is why this executive order is so important," said Seroka. "It's no secret that China has both the capability and the intent to challenge the rules based trade system. The Biden administration has positioned the executive order as part of a "whole government approach" in securing the nation's ports.

Persons: Biden, Christa Brzozowski, ZPMC, Gene Seroka, Brzozowski, Carlos Gimenez, John Vann, Vann, Wayne R, Arguin Jr, Arguin Organizations: Taicang, Getty, Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security, Coast Guard, Transportation, Maritime Security, Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Co, Capitol, CNBC, Cyber Security Operations Center, Guard, White, Resilience, of Commerce, Defense, Coast Guard Cyber Command, US Coast Guard, U.S Locations: SUZHOU, CHINA, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China, Capitol, United States, U.S, Republic of China, Shanghai, Beijing, Capitol Hill, of Los Angeles, Los Angeles

☆ Q&A: White House AI advisor says US is 'catching up' to the tech, as Biden's new executive order demands transparency for the world's biggest AI models
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Kali Hays | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

President Biden just signed an executive order regarding the development and use of AI technology. The broad executive order touches on more than a dozen possible uses of AI and generative AI that already are, or could in the future, directly impact people's lives. The size threshold is so high that currently most available models do not meet the criteria for further transparency called for in Biden's executive order. Although all of the major tech companies earlier this year agreed to adhere to standards of responsibility and training in their AI work. Do you think AI is in a hype cycle, and everybody's overreacting to what it's going to mean?

Persons: Biden, Ben Buchanan, —, Buchanan, Andrew Bosworth, We're, everybody's, Ben, Kali Hays Organizations: Service, White, Office of Science, Technology, Monday, Meta, Google, Microsoft, National Institute of Standards, Biden White House, Department of Commerce . Technology, Atomic Energy, Defense, EO Locations: United States, khays@insider.com

☆ Uncovering a lost Maya city in the jungle
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-29 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Once upon a planetShown here are the remains of a building with a staircase that once stood within the ancient city of Ocomtún on the Yucatán Peninsula. Ivan Šprajc/ZRC SAZUA lost Maya city abandoned more than 1,000 years ago has been found in the jungles of Campeche on Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula. Other worldsThis illustration shows what the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will look like in orbit. These cold, faint worlds are incredibly difficult to detect — but not for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. Across the universeThe James Webb Space Telescope captured a high-resolution image of Herbig-Haro 46/47, an actively forming pair of stars.

Persons: Indiana Jones, Ivan Šprajc, Juan Carlos Fernandez, Diaz, Fernandez, Nancy Grace, NASA’s, James Webb, Webb, — Carl Sagan’s, Ludwig van Beethoven, —, Ashley Strickland, Katie Hunt Organizations: CNN, “ Raiders, SAZU, University of Houston, Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Hubble, Telescope, NASA, James Webb Space, DePasquale, ESA, Medical University of Vienna, CNN Space, Science Locations: Ocomtún, Campeche, Mexico’s Yucatán, Vietnam, Southeast Asia

☆ Scientists decode an ancient curry recipe
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Katie Hunt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

The sandstone slab, buried 2 meters (6.5 feet) below the surface, was dug up in 2018 at the Oc Eo archaeological complex in southern Vietnam. The site was once an overseas trading hub of an ancient Southeast Asian kingdom known as Funan, according to a new study of the substances found on the slab. The findings offer clues to how curry — and the people who made it — migrated to Southeast Asia. “Nowadays, preparing curry in Vietnam has become much simpler for most families due to the widespread availability of curry powder in supermarkets. Nguyen added that the team planned to recreate the 2,000-year-old curry based on the ingredients found at the site.

Persons: ”, . Hsiao, chun Hung, ” Hung, Hung, Khanh Trung Kien, Khanh Trung Kien Nguyen, Nguyen Organizations: CNN, Australian National University, Center for Archaeology, Southern Institute of Social Sciences, Oc Eo, Eo Locations: Vietnam, Canberra, India, Southeast Asia, Ho Chi Minh City, South, Cambodia, South Asia

☆ Fact Check-Biden did not announce the US Dollar will become cryptocurrency
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-14 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

President Joe Biden unveils Executive Order EO-14067, a groundbreaking move that transforms the US Dollar into a cryptocurrency. “There are no plans to convert the U.S. dollar into a digital asset,” White House Assistant Press Secretary Robyn Patterson told Reuters in an email. EO-14067 can be read on the Federal Register website (here) and a related “Fact Sheet” on the White House website can be seen (here). One of the reports ordered by EO-14067, a technical feasibility assessment from the Office of Science and Technology Policy, was released by the White House in September 2022 (here). President Joe Biden has not announced that the U.S. dollar will become cryptocurrency.

Persons: Joe Biden, Biden, Robyn Patterson, Read Organizations: U.S, of Digital Assets, EO, Reuters, Federal Register, White, U.S . Federal, Science, Technology, White House, U.S . Government Locations: cryptocurrency, U.S

☆ Ukraine's military intelligence agency is showing off the Black Hawk helicopter it got through a crowdfunding campaign
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-27 | by ( Stefano D'Urso | The Aviationist | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Ukraine's military intelligence agency has released footage of a Black Hawk helicopter it recently received. Special-operations personnel from Ukraine's military intelligence agency train with a Black Hawk helicopter in April. Currently, Ukraine can easily accommodate about a hundred Black Hawk multirole helicopters, about 50 Apache attack helicopters and about 40-60 Chinook cargo helicopters", said the first Ukrainian Black Hawk pilot, who carries the call sign "Maestro." So far this is the only UH-60 helicopter in Ukraine. We now know that the Black Hawk in question is a 1980 UH-60A model, which formerly served in the US Army with the serial number 80-23439.

☆ Fact Check-Cervical smear test sterilisation process is safe, no evidence for cancerous claims
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-24 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

There is no evidence that tools used for cervical cancer screenings are cancerous, despite a video circulating online warning about the sterilisation process of test utensils. A controlled amount of the gas ethylene oxide (EO), a carcinogen, is used to sterilise medical instruments, but the process is safe, experts told Reuters. There is no evidence, however, that its use in cervical screening sterilisation processes is cancerous. Guidance from the World Health Organization (WHO) shows EO is used in the sterilisation process for speculums in line with international standards (here). The use of ethylene oxide in the sterilisation process for cervical cancer screening utensils is safe and strictly regulated.

☆ 'All Quiet on the Western Front' wins Oscar for best international film
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] Director Edward Berger accepts the Oscar for Best International Feature Film for "All Quiet on the Western Front," of Germany, during the Oscars show at the 95th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 12, 2023. REUTERS/Carlos BarriaLOS ANGELES, March 12 (Reuters) - Germany's "All Quiet on the Western Front," a World War One epic with nine Oscar nominations this year, won the Academy Award for best international film on Sunday. It is the first German-language adaptation of a 1928 novel by Erich Maria Remarque, which was also made into a best picture-winning film in 1930. The film was nominated in nine categories this year, including best picture. "All Quiet on the Western Front" beat out international film nominees "EO" from Poland, "The Quiet Girl," from Ireland; Belgian film "Close;" and "Argentina, 1985" from Argentina.

☆ Fact Check-Oral cancer has been rising for decades in the UK, not result of COVID swabs
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-21 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Mouth cancer rates in Britain have been rising for two decades, with an all-time high of diagnoses likely a result of lifestyle factors, oral health experts told Reuters. This is contrary to claims shared online that COVID swab tests have caused an increase in oral cancer. One social media user spreading the falsehood here wrote: “Mouth cancer has hit an all time high! The Oral Health Foundation cites tobacco, alcohol and human papillomavirus (HPV) as the most common causes of mouth cancer (here). Oral cancer rates in Britain have been rising for at least two decades and there is no evidence a record high number of diagnoses are a result of COVID-19 swabs.

[1/2] Memory chips by South Korean semiconductor supplier SK Hynix are seen on a circuit board of a computer in this illustration picture taken February 25, 2022. SK Hynix flagged lower chip prices in the current quarter. For the fourth quarter ended December, SK Hynix swung to a worse-than-expected 1.7 trillion won ($1.38 billion) operating loss, from 4.2 trillion won profit a year earlier. Analysts had expected a 1.3 trillion won operating loss, according to Refinitiv SmartEstimate. On its earnings call, SK Hynix said it will focus its resources on advanced chips to prepare for a market upturn in 2024.

The dismal profit estimate by the world's largest memory chip, smartphone and TV maker - a bellwether for global consumer demand - sets a weak tone for other technology firms' quarterly results. Samsung's profits are expected to shrink again in the current quarter, analysts said, after the South Korean company announced its October-December operating profit likely fell 69% to 4.3 trillion won ($3.37 billion) from 13.87 trillion won a year earlier. It was Samsung's smallest quarterly profit since the third quarter of 2014 and fell short of a 5.9 trillion won Refinitiv SmartEstimate, which is weighted toward forecasts from analysts who are more consistently accurate. Quarterly revenue likely fell 9% from the same period a year earlier to 70 trillion won, Samsung said in a short preliminary earnings statement. Shares of rival memory chip maker SK Hynix (000660.KS) rose 2.1%.

☆ Here are Monday's biggest analyst calls: Tesla, Apple, Costco, DoorDash, Berkshire Hathaway & more
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Bank of America reiterates Synchrony as buy Bank of America said the financial services company is a "hidden" beneficiary of the PayPal-Apple partnership. Bank of America downgrades Funko to neutral from buy Bank of America said in its downgrade of Funko that it sees a "challenging" holiday for the toy company. Oppenheimer upgrading DoorDash to outperform from perform Oppenheimer said it sees improving margins for the food delivery company. Bank of America reiterates Northrop Grumman as a top pick Bank of America said the company has a "best in class" space business. Oppenheimer reiterates Walmart as buy Oppenheimer said investors should buy the dip heading into Walmart earnings next week.

☆ Reacția PSRM, la intenția opoziției de a depune moțiune de cenzură împotriva Guvernului Chicu: „Vreți demisie imediată și bani pentru agricultori. Care e logica?”
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-16 | by ( Borodin Victoria | ) www.zdg.md time to read: +3 min

Socialiștii nu înțeleg „logica” în care se cere demisia Guvernului și identificarea banilor pentru agricultori. Vicepreședintele Parlamentului, președinte al fracțiunii PAS, Igor Grosu, anunță că moțiunea de cenzură împotriva Guvernului Chicu va fi depusă la ședința de astăzi a Legislativului. Aceasta este a doua tentativă de demitere a Guvernului Chicu, după încercarea din iulie curent. Atunci moțiunea a fost înaintată de deputații Platformei DA și a fost obținut 46 de voturi, număr insuficient pentru demisie. Guvernul Chicu a obținut votul de încredere al Parlamentului de la Chișinău la data de 14 noiembrie 2019.

Persons: Socialiștii, Batrîncea, Vlad, Ion Chicu, Igor Grosu, Chicu, Igor Dodon, Maia Sandu Organizations: Partidului, Parlamentul, Partidul Democrat din, PDM Locations: Partidul Democrat din Moldova, Chișinău

☆ Copiii cu nevoi speciale sunt printre noi
▼ + stars: | 2019-12-26 | by ( ) ziuadeazi.md time to read: +9 min

Din 2010, în Republica Moldova, la nivel de stat, este implementată politica de incluziune socială a copiilor cu nevoi speciale. Donici” din municipiul Cahul se numără printre puținele instituții de învățământ din Republica Moldova care a început să lucreze cu copii cu nevoi speciale mult până la apariția politicilor publice în acest domeniu. „Avem la moment aproximativ 470 de copii dintre care 22 sunt cu nevoi speciale. Sarabaș” din s. Cîșlița Prut, raionul Cahul doar anul trecut a început încadrarea copiilor cu nevoi educaționale speciale. Toate materialele pe care le utilizează în lucru cu cei 4 copii cu nevoi speciale sunt pregătite manual.

Persons: ., Galina Parvana, Schimbareanu, A ., M, Marina Vidrașcu, Luminița, Mariana Budan, Marianei Budan, Doamna Mariana, Donici, Mariana Badan Organizations: A Locations: Cahul, Republica Moldova, Moldova, Australia, Prut, Cîșlița Prut

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